“We” don’t.
It may turn out to be the case, but it is an irresponsible assumption for the media to take.
They've been promising a "muslim backlash" for more than a decade, so they can reconfirm that white Americans are racist. It's way behind schedule, but they'll announce its arrival daily, until it gets here.
My dear, most Americans are not as educated as you are I are.
I know the difference because:
I have studied both religions.
I have had friends in both religions.
and more importantly I have watched both pray and watched their actions.
That said, if I ever fly again and have a choice of sitting next to an air Marshall or a Sikh ...Yea I’ll take the Sikh. Because the first time that muzzie gets up and shouts “Allah Akbar” the Sikh will take out his sword and turn the muzzie into sushi.
I didn’t assume that. I thought he hated Indians.
some years ago, the terrorist group the US government never talks about, called Jamaat ul Fuqra, targeted those they deemed "apostate" muslims, or those they deemed insufficiently muslim, also Hindus, Sikhs, Jews and assorted others, in a string of bomb plots and assassination plots against individuals and temples.
The Jamaat ul Fuqra was headed by a Pakistani named Jilani/Gilani [ I think it still is] and recruits blacks and others in both Caribbean and in the USA into living in little isolated enclaves which frequently have gun ranges and airstrips on them. They also operate the "International Qurannic Open University," and other similarly named fronts.
Their assassins knew very well what the differences were between Sikhs and Muslims and they weren't targeting Sikhs because they were "confused."
Yet the press never considered any possibility the Aurora shooter may have been inspired by another Aurora resident named Zazi even if the two never met.
Jamaat had white members too, though not many. One of their members was even a convert from Judaism.
They had divided the country up into sectors and assigned teams to each sector. And when people think of muslim training camps these are usually the ones. One of the backers behind ul fuqa was Libya's Moamar Qaddaffi-- but note that moammar was more of a pan-African socialist freakshow than a muslim.
They have also taken aim at Muslims not of their particular liking, and have burned mosques in Detoit and other cities, even taken out selected Imams on behalf of al Qaeda.
And they have done this for decades.
June 17, 1984:(BOMBINGS OF A HINDU ORGANIZATION AND A SIKH ORGANIZATION'S BUILDINGS LINKED TO AL FUQRA) Seattle, Washington - The Integral Yoga Society, a Hindu religious institution, and the Vendanta Society, a Sikh religious institution, are bombed. Stephen Paster of Englewood, Colorado was later arrested in connection to the bombing. After searching his car, police found a .12 gauge firing device and a "shopping list" of the materials required to build a radio-controlled explosive device. ---------- "Al Fuqra: Holy Warriors of Terrorism," Anti-Defamation League (pdf), 1993
If I'm not mistaken, this Paster member of Jamaat ul Fuqra was the lily white convert I mentioned above. And guess what, he's also linkd to Colorado.
This group al Fuqra reminds me of the Revolution Muslim group that Cindy has been following, wonder if they are connected?
But this notion by the usual blissfully ignorant heartfelt expounders here that Sikhs are so perfect and noble and peaceful shows they know nothing about the history of Sikhs or Punjab.
It's hilarious really.
Some here have Sikhs confused with Yogis and Swamis.
Sikhs are warlike...they carry knives to church.
Sikh bodyguards killed Indira Ghandi after being her trusted companions for years...and old woman..unarmed they were sworn to protect...for their own political reasons.
Air India flight 182...over 300 innocent men, women and kids blown to bits by loving noble Sikhs.
and so forth
Sikhs may not be as rabid as Muslims but they ain't Amish
more like Gurkhas but less martial and more political
the few I have known seemed decent enough and more conservative than Indian Americans
but they weren't all kumbaya either
...period.